Hendrick ter Brugghen

Old Man Writing by Candlelight



Hendrick ter Brugghen - Old Man Writing by Candlelight



Hendrick ter Brugghen
Old Man Writing by Candlelight
c. 1626-27
65.8 x 52.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Leonard J. Slatkes and Wayne Franits, The paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1588-1629, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, 2007, Cat. No. A53

Literature
Wayne Franits, Dutch Seventeenth-Century Genre Painting, New Haven, 2004, fig. 70



Provenance

Johan Rabo Baron van Keppel, Apeldoorn
sale Van Keppel, Amsterdam, 1925
with D. Komter, Amsterdam
sale Komter, Amsterdam, 1926
E.L.A.C. ter Brugghen, Baarn, by 1956
J. Oomkens, Huizen
with G. Cramer, The Hague, by 1957
acquired by the museum in 1957
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Other works by Hendrick ter Brugghen


Hendrick ter Brugghen The Crucifixion with Mary and John
The Crucifixion with Mary and John
c. 1624/25

Hendrick ter Brugghen The Annunciation
The Annunciation
c. 1624/25

Hendrick ter Brugghen Democritus and Heraclitus
Democritus and Heraclitus
c. 1618-19

Hendrick ter Brugghen Unequal Lovers
Unequal Lovers
c. 1623-24

Hendrick ter Brugghen Man with a Tankard and Bread
Man with a Tankard and Bread
1627